Due to the commissioning of automatic signaling on the Gorakhpur-Gonda route between Magahar, Khalilabad, and Chureb stations, some trains will be cancelled and diverted between August 2nd and 4th, 2024. The cancelled trains include 22531/22532 Chhapra-Mathura Express, 15114/15113 Chhapra Kacheri-Gomti Nagar Express, 12531/12532 Gorakhpur-Lucknow Express, 12530/12529 Lucknow-Patliputra Express, 15070/15069 Aishbagh-Gorakhpur...
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Express, 04137/04138 Gwalior-Barauni Special, 05425/05426 Bhatni-Ayodhya Dham Unreserved Special, 05131/05132 Gorakhpur-Bahraich-Gorakhpur Unreserved Special, 05031/05032 Gorakhpur-Gonda Unreserved Special, 05471/05472 Nakha Jungle-Nautanwa-Nakha Jungle Unreserved Special, 05033/05034 Gorakhpur-Bardhani-Gorakhpur Unreserved Special, and 05469/05470 Nakha Jungle-Nautanwa-Gorakhpur Unreserved Special. The trains being diverted include 02563 Barauni-New Delhi Special, 02569 Darbhanga-New Delhi Special, 12565 Darbhanga-New Delhi Express, 12553 Saharsa-New Delhi Express, 22537 Gorakhpur-Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Express, 12595 Gorakhpur-Anand Vihar Terminal Express, and 20103 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus-Gorakhpur Express. These diversions will be through the Gorakhpur-Bardhani-Gonda route.

Several trains arriving in North Bihar were delayed due to maintenance and other works on various railway tracks. The New Delhi-Barauni Clone Express (02564) was delayed by 3.17 hours, while the Barauni-New Delhi Clone Express (02563) was delayed by approximately 4.17 minutes. Other trains, including the Mithila Express (13022), Maury Express...
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(15028), and the New Delhi-New Jalpaiguri Superfast (12524), were also delayed. Passengers at Muzaffarpur Junction faced inconvenience due to these delays.

Three trains, including the Bihar Sampark Kranti, arrived late at Muzaffarpur Junction due to the Bharat Bandh protests. The Barauni-New Delhi Special train (02563) was the most delayed, arriving 6.36 hours late. The New Delhi-Darbhanga Superfast Special train (02570) arrived 3.42 hours late, and the Sampark Kranti Express arrived 1.20 hours...
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late after being stopped by protesters in Darbhanga.

Due to track elevation and interlocking work on the Lucknow and Howrah routes, 16 trains on the Delhi-Howrah route were delayed by up to 13 hours on Friday. This caused inconvenience to passengers, especially during the festive season. 568 passengers refunded their tickets, while 98 were allowed to travel on other...
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trains due to connecting reservations. The delays resulted in long queues at inquiry and ticket refund counters. The delays impacted multiple trains, including the 05636 Guwahati Shri Ganganagar Special (13 hours late), 05734 Katihar Amritsar Special (10 hours late), 15706 Champaran Humsafar (5.5 hours late), Muzaffarnagar Sabarmati Jansadharan Express (4 hours late), 15705 Katihar Champaran Express (11 hours late), 02563 Barauni New Delhi Special (2.5 hours late), 02569 Darbhanga New Delhi (2.5 hours late), 19670 Patliputra Udaipur Special (2.5 hours late).

The Indian Railways' claim of delivering the Saptkranti Clone Special from Muzaffarpur to Delhi in 16.5 hours has failed. This train is taking even longer than other express trains to reach Delhi and Muzaffarpur. The 05219/05220 Saptkranti Clone has been running late since its first day of operation. On July 28,...
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the 05219 Clone Express departed Muzaffarpur on time, but was already delayed by the time it reached Hajipur. The Clone arriving from Anand Vihar was also about 5 hours late reaching Muzaffarpur. According to records from the National Train Enquiry System (NTES), the 05219 Muzaffarpur-Anand Vihar Terminal Clone Express has 10 stops between Muzaffarpur and Anand Vihar, but is not on time at any station except Muzaffarpur. Meanwhile, the 05220 Anand Vihar-Muzaffarpur Clone has never departed Anand Vihar on time. On its first day, it was even rescheduled by an hour and a half. The 05219 takes 21 hours to reach Anand Vihar instead of the claimed 16.5 hours, and takes almost 26 hours to reach Muzaffarpur. The operation of other mail and express trains is better than this. The Clone Specials running from Barauni and Darbhanga to New Delhi have also not been running on time. The 02563 Barauni-New Delhi Clone is arriving in New Delhi an average of 6.5 hours late. On the return journey, Muzaffarpur Junction is reaching almost 3 hours late while Barauni is reaching almost 4.75 hours late. On the other hand, the 02569 Darbhanga-New Delhi Clone is reaching Delhi almost 5.75 hours late. The return journey to Muzaffarpur is reaching 3.25 hours late and Darbhanga is reaching 4 hours late.